OldFartPhil 1y ago • 100%
I'm a huge fan of the Laundry Files books. Just finished Season of Skulls, the 3rd book in The New Management trilogy. It's a little less bleak than the first two books of the trilogy and very funny.
I'm now reading War Bodies by Neal Asher.
[GE C44-9W](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_Dash_9-44CW) #4762 near Stevenson, Washington in October, 2004. This locomotive was built in 1998.
The [Curtiss P-40 Warhawk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_P-40_Warhawk) (Kittyhawk in Commonwealth Air Force service) is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground-attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. Photographed at the Chino Air Show, Chino California, May 2005
OldFartPhil 1y ago • 100%
an app launcher. Literally every other desktop on the planet has one, how this isn’t considered basic functionality is beyond me. Give your grandparents a vanilla GNOME computer and tell them to get to Facebook and you will see how necessary this is. Default should be dash-to-dock with intelligent autohide so you only see it when you need it. This would fulfill GNOME’s hangups about it while also improving usability, so I fail to see a downside.
GNOME does have a launcher, which works just like the launcher on Mac and Android. You can even select whether to see all your apps or only the most-used ones. I do agree that a taskbar/dock with intelligent auto-hide is a must, though (at least for my usability). That's also not to say that some folks would rather have a Windows style launcher, and there are several DEs that provide that.
OldFartPhil 1y ago • 100%
Thanks for the reminder about VLC. I don't use it much any more, but back in the wild west days of audio/video codecs (some of which were paid), VLC would play everything.
OldFartPhil 1y ago • 100%
I don't have an answer for you, but maybe you and your friends could get together and start your own? The beauty of the fediverse and all that.
OldFartPhil 1y ago • 100%
The web pages for Lemmy and kbin have the ability to filter by subscribed communities, as well. I think what most of us are thinking of is a way to view the "All" feed that gives more weight to the smaller communities, which would help us discover new communities to subscribe to.
OldFartPhil 1y ago • 100%
Limiting myself to free as in freedom (no ads, not free to use because you are the product): KeePass/KeePassXC, GnuCash, Firefox, LibreOffice, digiKam, GIMP.
OldFartPhil 1y ago • 100%
In my opinion, microblogging isn't really a conversational platform. It's a creator and audience platform. That format has its place, as well, but Twitter/Threads/Mastodon/etc. isn't a replacement for forums.
OldFartPhil 1y ago • 80%
A qualified yes. I love the overview, which is, IMO, the most elegant way to launch applications and manage workspaces of any OS or DE. I also love the general look and fluidity of the environment and how it gets out out of your way when you don't need it. But I preferred the pre-GNOME 40 vertical workflow to the new horizontal workflow.
There are also three must-have extensions that make GNOME usable for me:
- AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem Support. GNOME can wish away tray icons if they want to, but the tray hasn't gone away and is still necessary for some applications.
- DashToDock. Makes app switching more accessible and adds right-click to close.
- Gnome 4x UI Improvements. Increases the size of the workspace thumbnails so you can actually see what's in them (like it was before GNOME 40).
OldFartPhil 1y ago • 100%
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Login issue reportedly fixed with 0.18.2 update: Lemmy.world updated to 0.18.2
OldFartPhil 1y ago • 100%
I still favor native packages, but I don't have a problem with Flatpaks. I'll use them when a program isn't available in the repo or there's a compelling reason to have a never version of an application. I'm on Debian Stable, so I'm obviously not obsessed with having the newest, shiniest version of everything.
OldFartPhil 1y ago • 100%
116 °F (47 °C) during the 2021 Western North America heat wave
7 °F (-14 °C) in Mammoth Lakes, CA
OldFartPhil 1y ago • 100%
What about running the Flatpak version of Brave? Flatpaks are containerized and should contain compatible libraries.
The [Northrop N-9M](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_N-9M) was an approximately one-third scale, 60-foot (18 m) span all-wing aircraft used for the development of the full size, 172-foot (52 m) wingspan Northrop XB-35 and YB-35 flying wing long-range, heavy bomber. The XB-35 program was canceled in 1949, but the knowledge gained about all-wing aircraft was put to use decades later in the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit bomber. Sadly, this aircraft and its pilot were lost in a crash on 22 April 2019.
OldFartPhil 1y ago • 100%
To add to what @lordnikon said, the program is called Software & Updates and I'm pretty sure it's installed by default in GNOME (don't know about other DEs).
OldFartPhil 1y ago • 100%
I'm a boomer and I'm here. Although I'm probably the exception since I've never had a Facebook account and you couldn't pay me enough to touch anything Meta. Probably because I fit the rest of OP's criteria: way over 30, tech worker, Linux user.
OldFartPhil 1y ago • 100%
Paper mills smell like hydrogen sulfide - rotten eggs. It's a byproduct of the pulping process. It's bad, but some of the smells described here sound much worse. Source: the town I live in used to have an operating paper mill.
OldFartPhil 1y ago • 100%
Sure. They'd probably have different haircuts and different clothes, but great talent is timeless.
OldFartPhil 1y ago • 100%
I'm on Fark more than I used to be on Reddit. It's still my go-to for political discussions and kept me sane during the Trump years. Honestly, the community is pretty good there and there's a nice balance between insightful comments and snark. But Reddit was better for hobbyists, niche interests and tech discussions and I'm hoping those communities will develop here on Lemmy.
OldFartPhil 1y ago • 100%
As @flloxlbox said, it will either happen organically or users will decide to merge communities, like the Android community did. It's the way federation works, it's not something that can be forced on people.
Immediately recognizable by the distinctive inverted gull wing, the [F-4U Corsair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair) was a carrier-based fighter which saw service in World War II and Korea. Photographed at the 2005 Chino Air Show, Chino California.
OldFartPhil 1y ago • 100%
Same here. I've worn contacts for 50 years (my user name isn't a lie). A few minutes of inconvenience at the beginning and end of the day, and I don't have to think about my vision aids the rest of the time. And I can walk in the rain and still see!
This photo seemed appropriate for July 4th. [VC-25A](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_VC-25) 29000 seconds from touchdown at Portland International Airport.
[Nine-O-Nine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine-O-Nine#Collings_Foundation_Nine-O-Nine) on the 2004 Collings Foundation's Wings of Freedom Tour. Sadly, this aircraft crashed in 2019 at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. The aircraft was destroyed and seven of the thirteen people on board were killed.
Registration 77-0091. A Portland Air National Guard [F-15](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle) on final approach to Portland International Airport.
[The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Brigadier General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell) Photo Date: March 2005